This collection includes theses and dissertations as well as some capstone projects and Master’s projects. The Digital Institutional Repository contains most RIT theses; however, not all past works have been digitized. If you are seeking a specific thesis and do not see it here, please contact the RIT Archives Collections.
All theses and dissertations from 2010 to the present are also available to Rochester Institute of Technology faculty, students and staff from ProQuest.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Large Deflection of Thick Elastic Belts, J. L. Sisson
Ash glazes, local slip glazes and once fire process, Howard Skinner
An investigation of the electrooptical properties of a dipole suspension of iodoquinine sulfate, Michael Smalter and Roy Dohlen
Recognition Thresholds for the Spectrally Opponent Neural Network in the Human Visual System, Douglas Smith
Ocean-Marks, Donna Sylvester
Performance Analysis of a Black Liquid Solar Collector, Jackson Trentelman
Effects of Polyox in Fountain Solution, Jacob Varughese
Production of a Film on Conservation Education, Lesley Woodfin
Interimage Effects in Various Subtractive Color Materials, Philip Wychorski
Some reactions of 2-chloroethanesulfonyl chloride, Paul Zielinski
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
An Integrated Approach for the Design of a New Braille Printing System, Albert Barzilai
Identification Thresholds of the Human Visual System for an Alphanumeric Resolution Test Object, Mark Bobb
Design and construction of a low frequency mtf camera, Howard Bozenhard and Jerry Covey
Figurative Forms, Sue Ann Bucholz
Fountains: Ceramic forms that contain or move fluids, John Caster
The construction of large holloware forms, James Chal
The Relationship Between the Relative Legibility of Textual Material and Resolving Power in a Microphotographic System, John Compton
The Landscape, 1975, John Cox
A comparison of the effects of viscous and immersion processing on small image sizes in originals and duplicates, James Fahnestock
Inherent Rhythms in Nature, Wendy Forrest
Photosolubilization of cuprous bromide, Richard Frisicano and Jeffrey Harris
The effects of density and bleach concentration on efficiency and resolution in phase holograms, Mark Gardiner and Dennis Moran
A quantitative examination of a particular set of process inks to determine the effect of color sequence on the ink's hue and saturation characteristics, Philip Giammatteo
The Hare Krishna People (a 30 minute documentary 16mm film), John Griesser
Domestics I, Clifford Haac
Animated Ceramic Forms, Susan Hill
Journal - September, 1974 - February, 1975, Thomas Jagger
Purse $1500, 3 Year Olds and Upward, John Karpen
Illuminated Porcelain Forms, Janet Kellner
Current Flexible Rotor-Bearing System Balancing Techniques Using Computer Simulation, John Kendig
The effect of blue base tint on the sensitivity and acutance of X-Ray films, Michael Klein
Design and Construction of a Glass Casting Furnace, Lawrence Livolsi
Cannibles Sauvages, Eric Mache
Image Mechanisms in Screenless Lithography, Charles Martin
Containers: Architectural Forms, Timothy Martin
My Life and Times in Rochester, Leslie Miller
The Effect of Targets Having Selected Line Width to Space Width Ratios on Spurious Resolution and Resolving Power, Milner Noble
Effects of Varying Unsharp Masking and Contrasts in Duplicate Mammographs with Respect to Cancer Detection, Leonard Parker
A graphic identity program for Rochester Mental Health Center, Linda Patterson
The photograph as symbolic presentation of subjective reality, Abigail Perlmutter
Imagery of the Subconscious, Thomas Petit
Two Series of Dye-Transfer Color Derivation Prints, Robert Pfeiff
Communications system for the Center for Environmental Information Inc., Carlo Piech
Studies of the Characteristics of Different Grained Surfaces on Some Typical Lithographic Wipe-On Plates, Porntawee Pungrassamee
Theology in Art, Roger Richardson
Dependence of sensitizer concentration on grain size in sulfur sensitized emulsion, Satoshi Sakamoto
Rap and Produce: A Thematic Communication Program, Paul Schulte
A comparison of the properties of conventional offset ink and ultraviolet ink, Vanchai Sirichana
Vesicular Image Formation in Silver Halide Materials, Ken Straub and Victor Woo
Illuminations, Fred Strebeck
Evaluation and Testing of Color Strength Measuring Methods in the Graphic Arts, Barry Sullivan and Donald Wilkalis
A communication program for the Comprehensive Regional Development Plan, Steven Tagg
Computer Predesign of Cooke Triplet Anastigmat, Frank Vanek
Electrodeposition of Metal onto Glass, Janice Whitcraft
Optimization of a Particular Aerial Photographic System by Simultaneous Intensification, Richard D. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
The Unified Figure/Ground Relationship, Christopher Baker
Modification of the inprocess infrared densitometer, Ernest Balch and Jeffrey Chan
The Market in India for Optical Goods, P.S. Bhullar
Development and Testing of a Non-Recording Microdensitometer, Charles Biss and Randy DeFrank
The Hydrogen Ion - Bromide Ion Interaction in Photographic Developers, Steven Brainerd
The Public Communications Service: An Urbanarium Program to Assist Community Groups with Improved Communications, Barbara Brecher
Postwar vignettes, Dana Brown
The usability of tungsten halogen lamps as secondary standards of luminous intensity, James Buchek
Design seminar, Clifford Bull
Figurative Tapestry, Lynne Bull
A philosophical and psychological examination of aesthetic choice, Elaine Castiglione
Master's Thesis, Susan Childs
Doing portraits on the street or I remember Goya, Robert Clarke
Image spread in the infectious development of graphic arts film, William Colgan
A comparison of phenidone determinations in photographic P.Q. developers, Ernest Dankert Jr
Study of Rochester Residents Current Attitudes and Knowledge of New York City Banks Located in Rochester, New York, Dennis Easter
Communication of the Master Site Plan of Rochester Institute of Technology, Barbara Ewig
Say It With Flowers, Jack Farkas
Two Studies in Animation, Irene Feingold
The Magnificent American, Stanley Feingold
Enhancement of Color Images by Modulation of the Luminous Component, David Feldman
One of ten thousand: a way for the printmaker; thoughts and images related to involvement in Zen Buddhism, C. Alan Fisher
Notes on Liberation, Phillip Garbus
Death Watch, Andrew Gelfand
A Study of Latent Image Fading in SO-343, Mitchell Glasser
Environmental Communications, Lee Green
Relationship Between Image Size and Tone Reproduction Curve, Kenneth Hansen and Robert Pisa
Measurement of Volume Scattering functions in turbid Water and Its Correlation with MTF Degradation, Richard Hart and Michael McDonald
A Guide to the Media Center, Jeffrey Hermann
Design and Construction of Sinusoidal Targets for Resolving Power Cameras, Peter Hertzmann
Investigation of the Relation Between the Adjacency Effects at an Edge Produced by Nitrogen-Burst and Viscous Processing, Richard Hooker
The Recovery of Images from X-Ray Fogged Film Using Controlled Diffusion Development, William Jameson
Development and applications of a quadratic isoparametric finite element for axisymmetric stress and deflection analysis, F. X. Janucik
Soft celadon slabs, Joan Johnson
The position of women artists within the aesthetic community, Ann Kalmbach
The Formulation of a Woodworking Studio, D. Hunter Kariher
Reflections, Tana Kellner
Job Satisfaction (an Original Study of Xerox First Line Managers in the Field Organization), Barth Kelly
Color Photograms, Weston Kemp
Loose Vowels, Peggy Klineman
